read mosaïc::reading

mosaïc::reading - the city as biotope is a master studio at Bergen Arkitektskole run during the autumn term 2009 by Gisle Løkken, Magdalena Haggärde, Kjerstin Uhre and Knut Eirik Dahl. Under the themes of new hierarchies, imbedded information, elasticity, dynamic of small cultures, points of departure, vulnerability and charging the landscape with new energy different aspects, ideas and possibilities of planning have been discussed and discovered - at the school in Bergen, on study trips to Malmö and Paris, and on the blog cityasbiotope. The blog has grown throghout the autumn with the students’ work, the presentation of new themes and comments.
Here, in this little textbook: mosaic::reading, the collection, we have gathered the introduction texts for each theme.
KED, KEU, GL and MH

Welcome Michele!

Michele has joined the 70°N-team!

Collection: Landscape Architecture

Our National Tourist Routes projects in Lofoten are presented in Collection: Landscape Architecture

Landscape architecture creates and shapes open spaces for human beings. It combines nature and architecture and links grown and planned environments. It depends on local factors such as the climate, type of soil, as well as varying local traditions much more than structural design.
Collection: Landscape Architecture presents the whole wealth of this fascinating sector featuring 180 projects around the world – from the classic fields of horticulture and park design, to LandArt and urban outdoor design, which make do without grass and trees entirely, up to the current ecological themes of interior gardens and façade greening.

arquitectura y madera

This publication, both on the web and printed, assembles wood architecture from all over the world - Lofoten for instance.

Fab in Førde

Mestres Wåge arquitectes and Nordplan have won the competition for a new town hall and more in Førde - well done and congratulations to them!
We're happy to be part of the team, as advisors.

lively or deadly conditions

Our proposal for Nordhavnen is being discussed in the latest issue of Conditions magazine. Under the interesting label Dead or Alive the uncertain futures of winning competition proposals are being researched.

and the winner is..

Gisle is in Graz this week-end together with the Europan jury, to make the final decision..
Congratulations to Europan Norway for that new and good looking web page!

junior

Our kindergarten is one of the example projects presented in the article Too cool for school? in british glossy kids' magazine Junior #121.

bubblebuilding

One of our projects is on its way up. This is, we believe, Tromsø's first bubbledeck.

Meet (or eat) the Muskox

Greenland party this week-end with stories, pictures and tastes from Kalaallit Nunaat.